2016–17 Premier League Cup

2016–17 Premier League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England  Wales
Teams	47
Final positions
Champions	Swansea City
Runner-up	Reading
Tournament statistics
Matches played	116
Goals scored	351 (3.03 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	George Williams (7 goals)
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The 2016–17 Premier League Cup is the fourth edition of the competition, and the first since it was renamed from the U21 Premier League Cup following the age limit being increased to under-23.

Participants

Qualifying rounds

Two qualifying rounds were required to finalise the 32 teams that would enter the Group Stage. The First Qualifying Round consisted of the six EPPP Category 3 academy sides, with the three winners progressing to the next round.

In the Second Qualifying Round, the three winners were joined by Barnsley and Watford (the two teams who finished bottom of their respective Category 2 leagues in 2015/16). Of the five teams in the Second Qualifying Round draw, one received a bye straight to the Group Stage, with the two winners joining them.

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 6 September 2016.^[2] Teams play each other twice, with the group winners and runners–up advance to the round of 16.

Results

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Newcastle United	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
Swansea City	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
Southampton	6	3	0	3	7	5	+2	9
Bristol City	6	2	0	4	7	13	−6	6

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sunderland	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11
Blackburn Rovers	6	3	1	2	8	3	+5	10
Burnley	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7
Cardiff City	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hull City	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
Colchester United	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10
Manchester City	6	2	1	3	13	10	+3	7
Derby County	6	2	1	3	9	14	−5	7

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portsmouth	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11
Norwich City	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	10
Everton	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	1	2	3	7	14	−7	5

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brighton & Hove Albion	6	5	0	1	17	3	+14	15
West Ham United	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
Nottingham Forest	6	1	2	3	6	16	−10	5
Leicester City	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Fulham	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15
Middlesbrough	6	3	0	3	7	10	−3	9
Charlton Athletic	6	2	2	2	13	11	+2	8
AFC Wimbledon	6	0	2	4	3	9	−6	2

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Liverpool	6	5	1	0	17	3	+14	16
Huddersfield Town	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7
West Bromwich Albion	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	5
Ipswich Town	6	1	2	3	3	10	−7	5

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Reading	6	4	1	1	16	9	+7	13
Sheffield United	6	2	2	2	12	13	−1	8
Birmingham City	6	2	1	3	7	12	−5	7
Stoke City	6	1	2	3	8	9	−1	5

Knockout stages

Round of 16

Quarter–final

Semi–final

Final

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Swansea City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVN Gregor Zabret 2 DF  ENG Tyler Reid 3 DF  WAL Connor Roberts 4 MF  SWE Adnan Marić 5 DF  WAL Keston Davies 6 DF  WAL Joe Rodon 7 MF  WAL Daniel James 8 MF  SCO Jay Fulton 9 FW  SCO Oli McBurnie 10 MF  SCO George Byers 11 FW  SCO Adam King Substitutes: 12 DF  WAL Aaron Lewis 13 GK  WAL Lewis Thomas 14 FW  SCO Botti Biabi 15 FW  JAM Jordon Garrick 16 MF  WAL Jack Evans Coach: Cameron Toshack

Reading No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG George Legg 2 DF  ENG Tennai Watson 3 DF  ENG Rob Dickie 4 DF  ENG Gabriel Osho 5 DF  ENG Omar Richards 6 MF  ENG Ryan East 7 MF  ENG Josh Barrett 8 MF  ENG Andy Rinomhota 9 FW  USA Andrija Novakovich 10 MF  ENG Tyler Frost 11 FW  CIV Yakou Méïté Substitutes: 12 GK  FIN Axel Anderson 13 GK  AUS Liam Driscoll 14 MF  SCO Jordan Holsgrove 15 FW  ENG Sam Smith 16 DF  SCO Jake Sheppard Coach: Martin Kuhl

See also

• 2016–17 Professional U23 Development League
• 2016–17 FA Youth Cup

References